By Oregon State Senator Brian Boquist, Highlights, excerpts from Sen. Boquist newsletter   — Portland Tribune.  12/20/24.  “State regulators approve more electricity rate hikes for Oregonians in 2025: Most Oregonians will pay about 50% more for electricity than they did just 5 years ago following rate increases from the state’s largest electric utilities … The […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com What a coincidence. Three Portland headlines in a row as featured by the Oregon Watchdog news ticker tell a story. Portland is blowing a billion on unnecessary non-city projects like the climate action fund (negligible results) and a street car famous for being empty.  Now they wish to expand […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Here are the recent political gifts for criminals   • Biden pardons 37 of 40 criminal on federal row, which spares them the death penalty.   • The Oregonian ran a story praising their program for removing criminal stories from their website in deference to criminals.   Liberals will hold […]

By Guest submission meme, Merry Christmas.          

Christmas Day, December 25, is the day that Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is of little consequence as to whether His birth occurred precisely on December 25th because it is the totality of His life, His teachings, and His sacrifice that form the foundation of Christianity. It’s Christmas […]

By Jason Williams Williams is a writer, researcher and founder of Taxpayers Association of Oregon, Things may look intractable and overwhelming for Oregon. Yet, remember Christmas is full of historic changes. • The Christmas child, Jesus Christ, was born into Rome — one of the world’s greatest, strongest and most feared empires.  Today, Rome is […]